Overview
India is the worldās largest democracy, with more than one billion people and an economy expanding faster than Chinaās. But the rewards of this growth have been far from evenly shared, and the countryās top 1% now own nearly 60% of its wealth. In megacities like Mumbai, where half the population live in slums, the extraordinary riches of Indiaās new dynasties echo the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers of America's Gilded Age, funneling profits from huge conglomerates into lifestyles of conspicuous consumption. Ā
James Crabtreeās The Billionaire Raj takes readers on a personal journey to meet these reclusive billionaires, fugitive tycoons, and shadowy political power brokers.Ā From the sky terrace of the worldās most expensive home to impoverished villages and mass political rallies, Crabtree dramatizes the battle between crony capitalists and economic reformers, revealing a tense struggle between equality and privilege playing out against a combustible backdrop of aspiration, class, and caste.
The Billionaire RajĀ is a vivid account of a divided society on the cusp of transformationāand a struggle that will shape not just Indiaās future, but the worldās.
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